Pune Chapter — Loop 21

Four o’clock. Twenty-one hours in, and it has been the same three for five loops now — nobody has fallen since loop 16. Bib 6 (Laishram Singh) cut it closest, 58:15, 1 minute 45 seconds to spare, the closest anyone has come since loop 15; Bibs 7 and 10 together at 54:08. Twenty-one yards each, 140.8 km. The bell is patient. So are they.